Multiple PhD Positions operating system, distributed system, and concurrency projects, USA

Multiple PhD positions for the academic year starting in Fall 2016 are available on operating system, distributed system, and concurrency projects. The OS project (popcornlinux.org) involves developing scalable OSes and hypervisors for emerging multicore architectures with heterogenous instruction sets, distributed systems, and exascale systems, and transitioning them into open-source OS/hypervisor infrastructures (e.g., Linux, Xen). The concurrency project (hyflow.org) involves developing scalable concurrency control, transactional memory, and transactional storage protocols for multicore, cluster- and geo-scale distributed systems, and transitioning them into open-source compiler/run-time and middleware infrastructures (e.g., GCC, LLVM, Infinispan). Opportunities also exist in a new project that is exploring formal methods (e.g., theorem-proving) for verifying systems software (e.g., Linux kernel). Positions require an MS in Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, or a closely related field, matching background and interests, strong programming skills in relevant languages, and strong self-initiative, while being a team player.

Details of Virginia Tech's PhD program in Computer Engineering, application deadlines, standardized test score requirements, how to apply, etc., can be found at: https://www.ece.vt.edu/graduate/admissions.html. Interested applicants are encouraged to first contact Prof. Binoy Ravindran with a resume.

Postdoctoral position : developing compiler, run-time, and language support for emerging heterogeneous multicore architectures

Position One

A postdoctoral position is available in the Popcorn Linux project that involves developing compiler, run-time, and language support for emerging heterogeneous multicore architectures, in particular those with heterogeneous instruction sets (e.g., Xeon/Xeon-Phi, ARM/x86), from node-scale to rack-scale. The project aims to develop systems software for such platforms and scales, including OS, compiler, run-time, and language support, with high performance, energy efficiency, and programmability (e.g., hardware-agnostic programming). The position involves developing techniques and mechanisms, and contributing to open-source (e.g., LLVM, GCC) and experimental projects (e.g., Popcorn Linux).

Recent computer science or computer engineering PhD graduates with background in compilers, run-times, programming languages, and virtualization are sought. Strong system building skills are necessary. The position is for two-year minimum, with strong possibilities for additional years, and have no teaching obligations. Contact Prof. Binoy Ravindran with a CV or for any questions.

Position Two

A postdoctoral position is available in the in the Popcorn Linux project that involves developing innovative operating system architectures for emerging multicore platforms, in particular those with heterogeneous instruction sets, from node-scale (e.g., Xeon/Xeon-Phi, ARM/x86, CPU/GPU) to rack-scale (e.g., Scale-out processors, Firebox, The Machine). The project aims to develop scalable, energy-efficient, fault-tolerant, and secure OS architectures for such platforms and scales, concomitant OS components (e.g., pager, scheduler, VFS, network stack), and contributing to open-source (e.g., Linux) and experimental projects (e.g., Popcorn Linux).

Recent computer science or computer engineering PhD graduates with background in operating systems, virtualization, dependability, and distributed systems are sought. Proven programming expertise with the Linux kernel is required. The position is for two-year minimum, with strong possibilities for additional years, and have no teaching obligations. Contact Prof. Binoy Ravindran with a CV or for any questions. 

PhD Scholarship in real-time bidding, computational advertising, and big data analytics, Florida Atlantic University

PhD Scholarship in real-time bidding, computational advertising, and big data analytics

The College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University and the Bidtellect, a global leader in native advertising technologies and solutions, have recently teamed up to establish a "Bidtellect Laboratory" focusing on real-time bidding and computational advertising.

Applications are invited for two full-time PhD scholarships in real-time bidding, computational advertising, and big data analytics to start in August 2016 (or Spring 2017). The PhD positions are fully funded. Both students will work closely with the industry to design real-time bidding algorithms on commercial platforms which support billion level transactions on a daily basis.

Successful applicants should

1. Have an undergraduate (honors) or master degree (preferred) in computer science or related field (preferably with good knowledge in data mining, machine learning, mathematical modeling, and statistics).
2. Be familiar with big data analytics tools and platforms.
3. possess solid programming skills in Java, C/C++, etc.

The due date for Fall admission is February 15 2016 (International Students), and Spring admission deadline is July 15.

For general admission information, please to the following URL:
http://www.fau.edu/graduate/applyonline/international.php

For Computer Science and Computer Engineering PhD admission criteria, please refer to the following URL.

http://www.fau.edu/graduate/programs/docs/phd_computer_science.pdf
http://www.fau.edu/graduate/programs/docs/phd_computer_engineering.pdf

Interested applicants should send detailed Resume to Xinquan (Hill) Zhu (xzhu3@fau.edu).
Xingquan (Hill) Zhu
Dept. of Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Florida Atlantic University
http://www.cse.fau.edu/~xqzhu

Graduate Student Grant Competition, Stanford University

March 28, 2016 - April 15, 2016

Twice per academic year (Fall and Spring), The Europe Center invites applications from graduate and professional students at Stanford University whose research or work focuses on Europe. Funds are available for Ph.D. candidates across a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences to prepare for dissertation research and to conduct research on approved dissertation projects. The Europe Center also supports early graduate students who wish to determine the feasibility of a dissertation topic or acquire training relevant for that topic. Additionally, funds are available for professional students whose interests focus on some aspect of European politics, economics, history, or culture; the latter may be used to support an internship or a research project.  Travel on this grant must be completed by October 1, 2016.  Grants range from $500 to $5000.

A brief written report of the experience must be submitted at the completion of the project. Recipients may be asked to offer a seminar or presentation of their project results when they return to the Stanford campus. Any publication or public presentations resulting from their projects should acknowledge the support of “The Europe Center at Stanford University.”

Application Information:

•     Spring Competition Application Period Opens:  Monday, March 28, 2016.
•     Spring Competition Application Deadline:  Friday, April 15, 2016.
•     Applicants must submit a completed online application form including cover letter, written description of project description, budget, resume, unofficial transcript of Stanford courses, and attestation of proficiency in the language(s) of the project site.
•     There are no citizenship restrictions on these grants.
•     Winners will be notified by Monday, May 2, 2016.
•     If you have questions about The Europe Center’s support of student research, please contact Professor Ken Scheve at scheve@stanford.edu.

Restrictions to Use of Grant:

The Europe Center reserves the right to audit the use of its funds. Recipients are advised to keep a log of all expenses associated with their projects, and to save all receipts in case an audit is requested for any reason. If recipients travel under the award, submission of the used airline ticket upon completion of the project may be required.

Stanford University policy requires that certain types of research projects involving human subjects be reviewed and approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) prior to the start of the study to ensure that the project meets University policy and any other applicable regulations. To see if your project needs to be reviewed, for advice on working with human subjects, and for more information about the IRB process and requirements please visit http://humansubjects.stanford.edu/.

Fellowship Coordinator

Karen Haley

616 Serra Street
Encina Hall
Stanford, CA 94305-6165
(650) 724-9656 (voice)
(650) 723-0089 (fax)
khaley@stanford.edu

Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Distinguished Fellowship on Contemporary Southeast Asia, USA

The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Stanford University (Stanford) are pleased to announce that applications are welcome between now and 1 March 2016 for the 2016 Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Distinguished Fellowship on Southeast Asia. Interested individuals with backgrounds or positions in the social sciences or humanities are encouraged to apply. Candidates may be of any nationality or seniority.

One or two candidates may be awarded fellowships. A successful candidate will spend two or three months at NUS and two or three months at Stanford, writing and conducting research on, or related to, contemporary Southeast Asia.  Fellows will also have opportunities to speak and take part in seminars and workshops organized by relevant campus units. In determining the overall length of the fellowship and the sequencing of the stays at each campus, the preferences of the fellow concerned will be taken into account.

Fellowships will normally begin and end within the period from 1 June 2016 to 31 August 2017. Each fellowship will cover one roundtrip economy-class airfare from the fellow’s country of residence to NUS (or Stanford), continuing on to Stanford (or NUS), and returning from Stanford (or NUS) to the fellow’s country of residence, and will include a stipend of US$ 7500 per month during the fellowship period.

Applicants should submit the following six (6) items:

1. a project statement (not exceeding three pages) that addresses the candidate’s research project’s central analytic question(s), explains its intellectual contribution to scholarship on Southeast Asia, and describes the writing and research envisaged during the fellowship. The statement should also clearly state the specific research outcomes envisaged.
2. a detailed schedule of the proposed fellowship period including dates of anticipated residence at NUS and at Stanford.
3. a sample of published, English-language work by the candidate that is directly or indirectly related to the research project.
4. the candidate’s full curriculum vitae including a list of publications.
5. full contact information, including email addresses, for three (3) academic referees who should be able, if asked, to evaluate the proposal and the candidate.
6. full contact information for the applicant including an email address.

Complete applications are due by 1 March 2016.  Results will be announced no later than late April 2016.

Applications should be sent simultaneously to both NUS and Stanford at these addresses:

NUS - Lee Kong Chian NUS-SU Initiative on Southeast Asia, Research Division, Dean’s Office, FASS, National University of Singapore, The Shaw Foundation Building, 5 Arts Link, Block AS7, Level 6, Singapore 117570
Email: nusstanfordsea@nus.edu.sg; tel: (65) 6516 7035; fax: (65) 6773 6878
Website: http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/research/nusstanfordsea/

Stanford - Lee Kong Chian NUS-SU Initiative on Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia Program, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Encina Hall E-301, Stanford University, 616 Serra Street, Stanford, CA 94305-6055, USA
Email: llee888@stanford.edu; tel: (650) 725 2429; fax: (650) 650 723 6530
Website: http://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/fellowships/nus_stanford

Please direct all queries to nusstanfordsea@nus.edu.sg or llee888@stanford.edu.

Fellowship Coordinator

Lisa Lee

Shorenstein APARC
Stanford University
Encina Hall, Room E301
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
(650) 725-2429 (voice)
(650) 723-6530 (fax)
llee888@stanford.edu

Post-Doctoral Researcher Positions Division of Health Informatics Department of Healthcare Policy & Research Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York

Post-Doctoral Researcher Positions

Division of Health Informatics

Department of Healthcare Policy & Research

Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University

New York City, New York

http://hpr.weill.cornell.edu/about_us/job_openings.html

The Division of Health Informatics in the Department of Healthcare Policy & Research at Weill Cornell Medical College is inviting applications for 3-4 post-doctoral researcher positions. Specific areas of research and development interests for the positions include, but not limited to:

1. Phenotyping from electronic health records
2. Data mining from electronic health records
3. Biomedical ontologies and terminology standards

The successful applicant will have a Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., or equivalent in biomedical informatics, computer science, health information technology, or a related field. Applicant will have a record of significant research accomplishments as evidenced by work experience and publications in top-tier journals and conferences in informatics and computer sciences. Strong working experience with electronic health records, and programming with Java, Python, R, and/or SAS is required. Additionally, working knowledge of big data technologies and tools (e.g., Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark) is highly desirable. Strong curriculum and experience with electronic health records, biomedical ontologies, text mining, and biomedical data mining/machine learning will be an added advantage. The successful candidate will also have a track record of interdisciplinary work, and excellent oral and written communication skills.

Weill Cornell Medicine and the Department of Healthcare Policy & Research are committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. We ensure all employment activities are conducted in a fair and equal fashion, without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, status as a domestic violence victim, individual with a disability, citizenship, protected veteran, or other characteristic as protected by law.

Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest highlighting their research interests and career goals in health informatics, and a curriculum vita to:

Jyotishman Pathak, Ph.D.
Chief, Division of Health Informatics
Department of Healthcare Policy & Research
Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University
425 East 61st Street, Suite 300
New York, NY 10065
pathak@med.cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Position on Infant Brain Segmentation, Registration and Atlas Construction, IDEA Lab USA

Several postdoctoral positions are available in IDEA lab (http://bric.unc.edu/ideagroup), UNC-Chapel Hill, NC.

Segmentation: The successful candidate should have a strong background on Electrical or Biomedical Engineering, or Computer Science, preferably with emphasis on image feature learning and segmentation. Experience on medical image segmentation using deformable surface, level sets, and graph cut is highly desirable. People with machine learning background on image features and shape statistics are particularly encouraged to apply. Strong knowledge on programming (good command of LINUX, C and C++, scripting, and Matlab) is desirable. The research topic will be the development and validation of segmentation methods for infant brain segmentation and surface reconstruction.

Registration: The successful candidate should have a strong background on Electrical or Biomedical Engineering, or Computer Science, preferably with emphasis on feature learning and correspondence detection. Experience on medical image registration is highly desirable. People with experience on pairwise, group-wise and/or 4D registration are particularly encouraged to apply. Knowledge on brain development and also strong background on programming (good command of LINUX, C and C++, scripting, and Matlab) are desirable. The research topic will be the development and validation of 3D, 4D, and group-wise image registration methods for early brain development study.

Atlas Construction: Candidates with experience on patch-based sparse representation are encouraged to apply. The research topic will be the development of atlas construction methods for infant brain images.

The successful candidates will be part of a diverse group including radiologists, psychologists, physicists, biostatistician, and computer scientists, and will build upon the group's previous work on medical image analysis. If interested, please email resume to Dr. Dinggang Shen (dgshen@med.unc.edu).

PhD Positions in UNC-Chapel Hill, IDEA lab of UNC-Chapel Hill

One PhD position is available, for each of the following research directions, in the IDEA lab of UNC-Chapel Hill, NC (http://bric.unc.edu/ideagroup).

Brain Image Segmentation and Surface Labeling: The successful candidate should have a strong background on Electrical or Biomedical Engineering, or Computer Science, preferably with emphasis on image processing and pattern recognition. Experience on medical image segmentation and analysis is highly desirable. People with machine learning background are particularly encouraged to apply. Knowledge on neuroscience and programming background (good command of LINUX, C and C++, scripting, and Matlab) are desirable. The research topic will be the development and validation of methods for atlas-based tissue segmentation (of neonatal brain images) and cortical surface labeling of brain images.

Deformable Segmentation: The successful candidate should have a strong background on Electrical or Biomedical Engineering, or Computer Science, preferably with emphasis on image feature extraction, shape representation, and shape statistics. Experience on medical image segmentation using deformable surface, level sets, and graph cut is highly desirable. People with machine learning background on image features and shape statistics are particularly encouraged to apply. Strong knowledge on programming (good command of LINUX, C and C++, scripting, and Matlab) are desirable. The research topic will be the development and validation of statistical deformable segmentation methods for lung, liver, prostate, and brain.

Neuroimage classification: The successful candidate should have a strong background on Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Statistics, or Computer Science, preferably with emphasis on machine learning, pattern classification, multivariate image analysis, or computer vision. Experience on neuroimage analysis is highly desirable. People with machine learning background are particularly encouraged to apply.

The successful candidates will be part of a diverse group including radiologists, psychologists, physicists, biostatistician, and computer scientists, and will build upon the group's previous work on medical image analysis. If interested, please email resume to Dr. Dinggang Shen (dgshen@med.unc.edu).

Postdoctoral Position on Medical Image Indexing, IDEA Lab, USA

One postdoctoral position is available in IDEA lab (http://bric.unc.edu/ideagroup), UNC-Chapel Hill, NC.

Image Indexing: The successful candidate should have a strong background on Biomedical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or relatedly majors, preferably with emphasis on image processing and analysis. Experience on image indexing and retrieval is highly desirable. People with machine learning background on image features and image similarity measurement are particularly encouraged to apply. Strong knowledge on programming (good command of LINUX, C/C++, Python, Matlab, etc.) is desirable. The research topic will be the development and validation of image indexing methods for medical applications.


The successful candidates will be part of a diverse group including radiologists, psychologists, physicists, biostatistician, and computer scientists, and will build upon the group’s previous work on medical image analysis. If interested, please email resume to Dr. Dinggang Shen (dgshen@med.unc.edu).

Postdoctoral Position on Imaging Genomics, IDEA lab

One postdoctoral position is available in IDEA lab (https://www.med.unc.edu/bric/ideagroup), UNC-Chapel Hill, NC.

Imaging Genomics: The successful candidate should have a strong background on Biomedical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or relatedly majors, preferably with emphasis on neuroimaging analysis and genomics. Experience on brain disease diagnosis is highly desirable. People with machine learning background on feature representation and regression are particularly encouraged to apply. Strong knowledge on programming (good command of LINUX, C/C++, Python, Matlab, etc.) is desirable. The research topic will be the development and validation of innovative methods for imaging genomics.

The successful candidates will be part of a diverse group including radiologists, psychologists, physicists, biostatistician, and computer scientists, and will build upon the group’s previous work on medical image analysis. If interested, please email resume to Dr. Dinggang Shen (dgshen@med.unc.edu). 

Deadline : 31-Dec-2016